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Post by Mao Valliere on May 13, 2015 5:56:36 GMT -5
PROJECT
DELTA
As many of you have likely heard at some point or another, I have been planning a plot with rayquaza for some time. With other aligning plots starting to work out the kinks I initially had, I would like to present a very brief overview of the plot to you, the public. This is all OOC information that I would highly appreciate you did not let affect your IC interactions with my character, Mao Valliere. We're all adults here right?
The point of this rather brief overview of my general plan (which is subject to change once Murdoc reviews the full plan officially), is to give all of you a chance to say if you want a part in this plot. Be warned, NOT EVERYONE WILL GET A CHANCE. The plot would have many chances to change through character interactions, yes, but at the same time, it would be near impossible to get all of you involved, mostly because we don't want a clusterfuck here people.
Once you have read my little summary (most of the details will be retracted to keep it short, and open for you to make your own ideas rather than simply stating "I want that spot") I would appreciate that, if you would like to partake in some way, you fill out this brief form.
Name: Your OOC name Participant: Name of the IC character you would like to involve including a link to their application Position : Wanna help Mao? Wanna be against him? Wanna be with him THEN against him? Just gimme a brief idea. If your unsure, feel free to say so Role: Through the brief summary, try and describe a role you'd like to play. Do you want to be part of the climaxe? Or would you prefer just being a thorn in his side along his path towards the end game?
Now. On with the show.
Overview
The delta plot revolves around it's namesake, Rayquaza. Mao will attempt to both summon and control the beast through the use of an artificial Jade orb, potentially using it for both good and evil. Considering the power this legendary holds, this will be no small effort. Many steps will be taken towards this goal, with the possibility of two separate climaxes if we are to achieve it in time. Of course, we don't stop there. What good is rayquaza if you can have MEGA rayquaza? To this end, I hope this plot will have MAJOR effects on both our characters, and Nue itself. Who knows? We may turn half of flash city to rubble for a year. It's all for us to have fun with.
General Guide
Knowledge
What good is a legendary plot if you don't know about the legendary? Potential for ruin runs and cross team chaos to gain information on rayquaza, and how to summon it.
Key to control We need the Jade orb. That's a given. To make an artificial one we'll need the know how and resources. The league once tried to create it in the manga cannon, so potential league / Interpol conflicts to gain information.
Location / Summon Just because we know of it doesn't mean we know how to find it. Those of you looking to protect legendaries? Here's your potential chance. Help the good Mao find the gracious beast, or learn of his goals and stand in his path on his path to finding it.
Strengthen the chain The Manga makes it clear an "orb" cannot control without the knowledge of how to use it. Tribes and wanderers may have the info, but are you just gonna let us get it? I hope not. These are innocent peeps we may be threatening here.
Mega performance From what little we can assume from the games, Rayquaza needs to feed on up to 5 keystones and potentially special kinds of meteor. We'll likely need to steel a few from the museum, or find them out in the wilds. Either way, rayray needs his grub.
Climaxe With the first climaxe being important to another team's plot, and only a "if we can" goal, I won't be stating it's details here. The second climaxe, the ultimate end game, is a rampaging mega rayquaza with a crazed, possibly "damaged" Mao at the helm. We'll need some really strong trainers to stop him, and a bunch more to keep the damage under control.
SO! That was the general idea. Hope you enjoy and I'd love to see who's interested!
Name: ScottGuy Participant: Abel Sigma Luvier Position : Abel could be either on Mao's side or go completely against him, depending on the details of the plan. Role: Part in the Key to Control and Strengthening the Chain no matter which side he is on. Could possibly first happily help without knowing that much about the plan, but upon finding out the details might switch sides.
Post by Joseph Alvarez on May 13, 2015 7:26:59 GMT -5
Name: Oniwanbashu Participant: Joseph Alvarez Position : Joseph's mounting annoyance with people trying to play god with Legendaries plus his alliegance to Interpol pits him firmly against Mao. Role: Strengthening the chain, Mega Performance and/or Climax. I don't mind any or all at once! Def have no problem getting this guy hurt wiin reason.
Post by Zernebog Romanov on May 13, 2015 8:54:27 GMT -5
Name: El Troubadour Participants:Miguel Hidalgo, Zernebog Romanov Position: Miguel - Ally (With), Zernebog - Enemy (Against) Role: Miguel - Probs roles in Key to Control (hello your inside League guy), Mega Performance (I have an extra keystone on him and he can persuade Thomas to part with his extras), and Strengthen the Chain (Interrogator at your service) Zerne - Climax (Here's a really strong trainer to help stop rampaging Mega Rayquaza, because Miguel probably isn't enough and it'd be better if Miguel doesn't turncoat yet at the end of it unless absolutely necessary)
Post by Ryusuke Ugumi on May 13, 2015 12:02:43 GMT -5
Name: Slate Participant:Elinda Aspen Position : Variable Role: Largely dependent on how things play out early on, namely concerning the "what if" scenario with the other team mentioned. If that does indeed progress and start to become an actual thing by the start of this plot, Elinda could easily start out on Mao's side from the very start if convinced with evidence, although wary of him and personally there more to try and keep him in check and prevent things from getting out of control. Assuming that the other team's plot doesn't begin to move along by then, though, Elinda's likely going to see Mao as a rogue, dangerous element, certainly not an individual who should be in control of a Legendary, and be a royal pain in his ass from day one. Regardless of which way it begins, however, she'd be against him for the second climax/finale.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 13, 2015 12:28:16 GMT -5
Name: Josh Participant: Josh Dragomir Position : Unsure. Possibly assist, as they've interacted before, and then be against when he finds out his plans. Role: I'd definitely like to be involved when Rayquaza comes around, being one of the Trainers trying to stop it, seeing as Josh already has experience with legendary Pokemon. I can be of use in other segments as well, whether its using the interactions with Mao to help him before he realizes his plan, and then going against him, or something else.
Post by Ricki Jace on May 13, 2015 14:12:29 GMT -5
Name: Lyro
Participant: Ricki Jace (Ricki Jace) Position: Mostly Against, but also indifferent (If you break it, you fix it dumbass) Role: Ricki has encountered Celebi in the past and understands that Legendaries are no laughing matter. After nearly becoming a monster because of some glitch in the matrix during Celebi's trolling adventure, she'd warn Mao that even if he thinks he might know what he's doing, Legendaries shouldn't be pursued ever. If Zernebog or another friend of her's is present at the climax, Ricki is most likely going to step up to bat as well.
Participant: Engel Werner (Engel Werner) Position: Against Mao Role: The current OOC De-Facto Leader of Interpol and quite pissed off with End entirely, could provide an interesting source of conflict over the course of building up to the Rayquaza NOPE-fest, or an antagonist against Mao to save for the end. Either or
Participant: Miyu Sergius (Miyu Sergius) Position: Ally Role: A woman that specializes in gathering information, stealth and has a bloodthirsty streak, she'd be good for helping the build up to unveiling Rayquaza. However, despite her bloodthirst, Miyu is not a battler (Pokemon-wise) so she probably wouldn't be helpful in terms of combat later on as shit hits the fan.
Post by Amber Kazuki on May 13, 2015 14:45:18 GMT -5
Name: Dracken
Participant: Amber Kazuki Position: Against Role: Bring down, or at least try to, Rayquaza. Not to mention it's a Legendary Pokemon, and a dragon one at that. The moment she would hear Rayquaza is being hunted down from the League, Amber would wanna step up and help. She could be at the end where the big battle is taking place. And if it wasn't for the fact Rayquaza was going crazy, she'd be totally stoked to see a dragon legendary in person.
Participant: Kou Hamato Position: Ally Role: He wants to see Rayquaza blow shit up. That's pretty much it. He would stand off to the side during the big battle and watch the chaos unfold. Or if his allies really needed his help he would give them a unfair hand in their current battle and possibly turn the tides. Either way, Kou doesn't give a shit and as a long as he's entertained he'll pretty much do anything for Mao.
Participant: Ace Venchurro Position: Against Role: Hey Mao remember that guy who you kicked in the face, and then broke the other guy's knee? He doesn't appreciate it and would very much like to return the favor. Ace isn't too much for Pokemon battling, but he'd definitely want to take down Mao if he had the chance.
Post by Thomas Thaddeus on May 14, 2015 4:20:55 GMT -5
Name: Tagger Participant:Thomas Thaddeus Position: Ally Role: Knowledge - Thomas, or "Dorian", could be among those on Renaissance to be sent to various Mega Ruins in hopes of gathering intelligence on Rayquaza. Thomas was born and raised in Hoenn, and would be familiar with the Weather Trio.
Mega Performance - As brought up by Trou, Thomas would be able to hook Mao up with some of his spare Keystones. Other than that, he could provide some kind of help in finding potential Meteoroids, most likely through somehow aiding in Museum heists.
Name: Lady Participant: @lady5 Position : Ally Role: She will do anything and everything to make sure he reaches his goal. Give her a task, and she will do it. She will think of all the consequences later on after shit has hit the fan.
Name: Lady Participant: Rhafiel Diederich Position : Against Role: So, the guy who got kneecapped by Mao would be very, very, very, very, very angry. He would be an absolute thorn in Mao's side from the very beginning if he knew. I would like there to be some more conflict between them, but it's up to you where said conflict happens in the plot.
Name: Lady Participant: @lady2 (WIP Will Eventually be Accepted) Position : Unsure Role: Adeline loves ruins. She's also very interested in Legendary Pokemon knowledge and spends a crap ton of time in ruins and looking through old, ancient artifacts. She wishes to become an archaeologist and her finding some information on the big legendary would actually be really good for her plots. She may regret her actions later, but at the time, she may just be raving about "what a great find this is!" and tell Mao everything.
As Damian: Initially going to side with Mao, but when shit hits the fan again for the second time, he'll be totally Against.
As Izumi: Unsure, but whatever Josh is up to, she's going to follow him around and make sure he doesn't get into too much trouble. Think of the 'Devil and the Angel' conscience thing (ergo, she's his moral conscience. Sort of, idk. But yeah, where Josh goes, Izumi is bound to follow).
Roles:
(as Damian)
Knowledge / Key to Control / Summon (yeah this guy is asking for a death sentence. Someone stop him.)
Damian water ya doin' one legendary was bad enough now you're getting tangled in another STAHP
But seriously, since Damian is the Flying-type League expert, and he already got in deep with the summoning of the first Legendary that made its appearance in the region, most likely he would be the go-to person when it comes to knowledge about this particular Legendary.
Since he hails from Hoenn, he's full aware of the stories about the Weather trio and what they've done (and in the Lugia summoning, he'd also gotten research into what other Legendaries are Flying-type).
Also, if it's time to summon, he's your man. Just make sure Rayray doesn't go berserk like Lugia did derp
(as Izumi)
Summon / Climaxe.
In an attempt to keep stuff under control, she'd definitely have to step up and try to keep the rampaging down to a dull roar. Same as Damian, since she hails from Hoenn she'd know the stories (but to a lesser extent as opposed to Dammy) and just basically go freak out when Rayquaza makes his appearance.
And then try to stop utter hell chaos from going out of hand, basically standing with her shisho Zerne.
Suggestion: If there's a part of this that would be labeled as 'Crossfire', then my other three can make brief appearances, depending on circumstances.
Post by William Rosenbach on May 14, 2015 8:07:01 GMT -5
I guess
Name: Willikins Participant: William Rosenbach Position : Varies Role: In Location/Summon, William could try to help Mao, if he is convinced, as he just had the Yumi + Lugia experience, but he will also turn suspicious and even oppose him if he demonstrates his true intentions. Mainly, however, Will can act in the Climax because Friendship Style: Golden Naval Fleet, Ice Stream of Purity no Jutsu!.
Name: Willikins Participant: Elizabeth Maxwell Position : She wants to punch Mao. A lot. She still despises End for hurting her babies. No one hurts her babies. No one. Role: More than likely Key to Control, as she does everything in her power to attempt to stop End if the Interpol gets involved.
Post by Zelda Albarn on May 14, 2015 18:25:05 GMT -5
Name: Strider Participant: Zelda Albarn Position: She'd be vaguely interested at first (her first time seeing a Legendary) but then against it vehemently. Role: She's gonna be one of the first to mobilize once she figures out what's been unleashed onto the world.
Name: Strider Participant: Ramona Albarn Position: Being from Hoenn, she's super against it Role: Depends on when she hears about it, honestly. She'd try to stop it ASAP, first through talking, then through force.
Post by Nigenteki Reikon on May 19, 2015 14:37:54 GMT -5
Name: Who ya think? Participant: Vesta Dressler Position: Against Role: For the most part, Vesta will probably be chasing after End to try to get information from "Saber" and try to settle some abandonment issues. Perhaps at some point, Vesta can managed to unmask him, but if that happens, I'm unsure; she'd be struggling for a bit as she processed her old leader was truly gone, but after that, she might go Hulk and do everything she can to beat his brains in, but with some convincing from someone she might opt to just stop him to get some sort of closure. Not entirely sure on how things can work out (although the Mega Performance thing may be the museum scenario we've talked about), but either way, once Vesta gets wind of him, she'll drop whatever she's doing to go after him. Definitely a thorn, but I don't know what she'll be doing at the climax.